At 16:30 18 March 2005, wrote:
Using your rational we could safely raise the nations
highway speed to 100.

I'm sure you remember when the limits across sparsely
populated highway stretches in many western states
were posted 'reasonable and proper' - no more. The
only demonstrably 100% safe highway speed is one where
all passengers can survive a head-on collision or one
into a bridge abutment. I'd put that at around 15 mph.
What speed would you call safe enough? I for one
was happy when the limit on Interstate highways went
from 55 to 75 mph - sounds like maybe you thought it
was a bad idea.

I know of 5 accidents associated
with the finish line and we just had a near-miss at
the line.......10
or 15 feet..............Wow.

I think the linkage between using a gate and these
accidents has been questioned previously. Nevertheless,
we should try to learn from these and other piloting
mistakes as it is serious business. We also should
try to avoid overreacting so we don't sap all the fun
out of racing over time.

'A maneuver involving an abrupt change in an aircrafts
attitude..................not neccesary for normal
flight' Not to be
initiated below 1500 feet

I'm thinking this means that thermalling below 1500'
is also against the FARs because the entry is an abrupt
change in attitude and circling involves 'aerobatic'
bank angles.

9B